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previous acquaintance with him and had
heard but vaguely of his recent troubles.
Then, with a cry of Joy, the invalid grasped
the doctors hand and shook 1t warmly, a. he
hausted by the violent revulsion Of feeling.
Well might he rejoice!
The d~istigured relic he had seen carefully
inferred in Kensal Green was not his wife.
Bertha was still alive /; she might be his once
more!
Explanation followed, and as soon as it was
pronounced safe for both parties to allow an
interview, the doctor accompanied Harry TO
the Widow Lees in Camden Town.
Bertha had been duly prepared, and had
. begun some time before to think she might
have been too Tasty, and to rejoice tina she
had not had an opportunity to write to MrA.
Price about her suspicious.
When Harry was announced, his companion
(the physician) and the widow at once with
drew, and the couple were left to their
mutual explanations.
A very few words sufioed to assure Bertha
that the note which had caused so much
mischief was. in fact, a well-intentioned mis-
sive from her husbands sister-a maiden
lady of fortune-who had engaged in pur-
chasing and fitting up O Joint residence for
the three. and who had conspired with Harry
to keep Bertha in the dark about the trans
action until all should be prepared, when
Mrs. Dale was to be installed mistress of an es-
adjustment far t~ranscending any she had
probably ever dreamed of presiding over.
In a West End mansion, q lovely matron,
surrounded by a group Of children, stands
before a portrait which has Just been sent
and has been pronounced in all respects
worthy of his fame; but Bertha protests that
no human skill can do full justice to her huS.
bands lineaments.
"Ah. Bertha =" mischievously whispers
Hsrry's sister, who has Just Joined them,
nowadays, / suppose, the dear fellow takog
good care to burn his b~illet-doux."
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Two Dresses for n Debutante.
. Iron a Nsp York Lsnsr.l

TfFUW q . " L5ITdTsT
A short white surah, entirely covered with
white tulie overdress. simply draped in front and
behind. over the hips no drapery, but two bands
of light silver passementerie with spangles, reach
ing from the belt to the bottom Of the skirt, The
low sleeveless waist 10 made in the style OF the
First Empire, and has three banda OF the passe-
comes from under the arms, and fastens ut the
side. A full skirt Of pale pink tulle. over one Of
satin TO matSo, ,, frSnt anu 5aGk draperies OF pink
side two bands Of broad MORE ribbon fastened at
the belt and ending near the edge of the skirt with
pink crystal fringe. The low waist Is also In the
style OF the First Empire, and has folds OF the
crystal beaded tulle around the neck and forming
the sleeves, from which hangs q crystal fringe. K
sash of pink MORE begins under the arms, where
It Ia quite broad, and ties at the left side,
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A Trick Of New York Dres.makers.
tFrom the philadelphia Rrs,s. |

~ ~ o.
Dressmaking in Its higher branches IL q business
that calls for talent and can easily employ genius.
In has fortunes in It, and fortunes out Of 1t.
American women are the best dressed and the
most exacting In matters Of dress in the world.
They do not grudge a good price to those who pre-
pare their triumphs for them. The great dressers
Of New YORK society are imagined to run over to
Europe once or twice q year to procure some of the
wonderful creations OF Worth or his rival, Pingat,
to wander from Felix to Mangus Baronne and to
inspect the latest thing out at Nine. Laferrierres'.
The truth IL, however, that the handsomest
dresses In the world are made In this country.
Some gowns which their wearers suppose TO have
been imported are In better taste than II they really
had CROSSED the ocean.
A lady whose gowns are one Of the stock at
fractions at the box show of the Metropolitan
Opera-House on opening niRhts stepped into the
show rooms OF q well-knovn modiste and importer
OF Paris robes no long time since. She wanted
some - CONNECTION I" In the line of 4 reception
dress. from Worth 4 possible. Madame thought
and black plush combination ~ wa the question
she nung at her head dressmaker a minute after,
breathless with q hasty run upstairs. Eyes"
Wei, put q Worth belt into 1t and bring II DOWN
stairs as soon as you can" That Worth belt
dressmakers keep stamped belts In stock from all
the better known Paris houses-sold the gown to 0
woman who would not have looked at IL n she had
not supposed 1t was imported, and made 1t fetch
$3.50, where as the product of home talent 1t might
have brought S126. The dressmaker whose work
the gown was and who has never seen Worth or
Paris, told me the tale and vouched for Its accu-
racy; in truth the trick 81 Ii not an one.
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Gen. L. G. Armstrong, Of Hampton, Va, is at
the Everett
j. D. Brebue, Of Scotland, is a recent arrival at
the Victoria.
7. s. Peck, a Burlington real estate man, puts
up at the Bartholdi.
Nine. de Caggerak, the Partisan songstress. Ia
now at the Hoffman House.
Chas. C. Newton and Mrs. Newton. Of Montreal,
are guests of the
John Block, Q weIl-known Moscow merchant,
occupies 0 suite at the Grand.
The st. James register bears the signature Of +.
W. Huidekoper, Of Washington.
8. ". A, Kaba and 8. o. Kura, OF Toxic, Japan,
have paused at the Fifth Avenue for q few days.
c. A. W. Pownall, of London, and p. Thomp-
son, Of Dublin, are recent arrivals at the Wind
sor.
]. g. and c. A. Miller. managers Of the Column
bus Opera House, are booking plays at the Union
Square.
James J. King, u. 8. N, and G. D. Rousseau,
Of Rome, have used . line each on the Sturtevants
register.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. @. T. Dennison, of To-
ronto, were among yesterdays arrivals at the
Windsor.
Mayor and Mrs. A. M. Farnsworth, Of Chicago, and
Louis d. .Beylurd, United States Consul AZ Jamaica,
are at the Fifth Avenue.
Among others at the Union Square is F. W.
Harrington, who supplies the electrical instru-
ments used in subway work.
Prominent among the many names on the Hof-
mans books are those of Sidney Howard, of Lon
don; Philip B. Key, Of North Carolina, and Major
j, w, Hacker. OF Australia.
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NEW YORk,s "GOOp SOCIETY,"
Only Seven hundred People Find Entrance
into the Inner Circles Of swelldem.

Only Seven Hundred People Find Entrance
into the Inner Circles Of svelldem.
INsv Yorh Latter 10 Pth,burp DtspatsA.l
A census Of good society " has Just been made
In this city, and It 10 found that out OF the popula-
ton OF nearly two misunderstanding In the me-
tropolis and Its s~uburbs-only 100 arc qualified to
rank with the best. In q republic where the notion
is outraReously general that behavior 10 the true
test to worthiness, 1t requires an authoritative edict
once in q while to squelch the levelling tendency.
The Patriarchs have done the job this time. They
are an organisation Of Intensely well gentlemen
who give annual balis At Delmonico's, and they
put what they. regard, as their minds 20
the drawing OF the line distinctly between
society" and common people. The Patri-
arch's next ball IL TO- occur this montn,
standing, 10 the high mogul. Every autumn he
makes out a careful list Of ninety-nine other real
gentlemen, making 100 In all. They constitute the
Patriarohs, and they were chosen early this week.
They are assessed $50 apiece for a fund with which
TO pay the balls costs OF music and supper. Upon
them Is placed the awful responsibility OF issuing
invitations, for the documents are substantially
credentials Of the highest possible character, prov
Ing that the holder II in society" Each one in
the 100 names seven persons. The number Ia based
on O careful and critical estimate that there
are no more than 100 men and women In all New
York quite worthy OF the glorious distinction, The
separate lists Of seven are sent to McAllister, who
calls q secret meeting OF the entire hundred, to
whom the names are read, and a single vote
Of which 10 funny to the reader, but very mo-
mentous to the small ooterie Of persons concerned.
When Mrs. william Aston gave q notable bail two
years ago she extended her invitations to 800, and
was by her friends considered liberal, considering
how sacred are the precincts Of - society" Thus
you will see that, 80 far as New York Ii concerned,
towering alttudinously above them are less than
one thousand Of positive superlatives.
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Her small, slippered feet tapped the carpet
lmpatiently, and her snowy brow was
slightly contracted. Suddenly the express
sive face brightened-a resource had oc-
CURED to her.
YES" she exclaimed. In soliloquy,
!" there's nc going out to-day. that's certain
and I think I can do it-at least I'll
try. Harry thinks me such q mere
doll! He never seems to expect any
thing useful from me. Indeed. he quite
spoils me, the dear. foolish fellow But I'll
see II / can't mend the lining of that over
coat which he tore 80 badly yesterday and
do II quite as we'll, too, as poor old Nancy,
with her rheumatic fingers. 1t will be such
fun to hear him thank her when he finds 1t
ready to put on and then his look Of surprise
on hearing his good-for -nothing little Berry
did II. will set about II at oncei" And the
young matron, now quite restored to her
wonted cheerfulness, tripped of to her hus-
9and's wardrobe, singing some lines Of an old
ditty as she went.
Bertha Dale was a bride of some two months
standing. She had lost both her parents at
an early age; but, by the provisions of her
fathers win, she had been consigned to the
guardian care Of AL sStimabls widow lady,
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and intimate friend of the family, who. her
self childless, had taken the orphan to her
heart, and to the best of her ability supplied
q mother's place.
in one important particular. She had never
trained her to domestic usefulness nor given
her the knowledge of a single household art
and would say, when anything was limited as
to the advantage of such knowledge, even in
the case of a beauty who was something of an
heiress, oh, / could never think of weary
ing the dear child about plain needle-work,
and such drudgery! She has quite enough
to do at school, as it is. The schoolmistress
tells me she makes surprising, progress with
prodigy in language"
Easy going Mrs. Price had not overrated
Bertha's proficiency. AT sixteen she was
really q most accomplished girl and the
a~cquaintances that a more b~ewitching young
lady had never been brought out"
II was during the first season, at q soiree at
some friends house, hat she formed the ac-
quaintance of Harry Dale. Like many others,
he wal attracted at first, not SO much by her
delicate beauty, as by the charm of childlike
purity and Inconsistencies. which heighten-
ed it's effect more than all the acquired accom-
plishments.
He soon gained an entree at Mrs. Prices,
and followed up his advantages with such
success, that in q few months Bertha's en-
gagement to the rising young barrister was
regularly announced.
The maiden's nature was sincere and con-
hding. and Harry's ardent avowals were met,
on her part, by q depth and fervour Of attach
ments at least equal to his OWE.
A smile, ~half-roguish, ~half-doubtful, dim
pied Bertha's cheek as she re-entered the
parlor. carrying the garment she had
spoken Of. Seating. herself on
q chair, by the window, she opened
her work, and after gome searches pro-
duced from its recesses q thimble OF fairy like
Dimensions. The requisite materials were
next arranged. but when Bertha fairly en-
tered on her task 1t seemed as though an
ugl,er REM mao never triea = aousewiIes n SEhM;
between the edges; %no1sooneI was the fabric
joined in one place than il would quicker and
draw apart In another, Still abe perseyered,
ripping and stitching, stitching and ripping
again-until. her unaccuStomed fingers ach-
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unfeigned anxiety, as he enciroled her with
his arm. Her answer failed to reassure
him, as he noticed q strange hutter in her
voice.
Summoning Nancy, he babe her tax good
care of her mistress, and promising to re-
turn as quickly as possible, started forth to
fulfil his engagement.
When Bertha saw him depart without
vouchsafng q him towards the hoped-for
explanation, she started up, and dismissing
her attendant under the pretext of wishing
to lie down, proceeded to her own room, her
impulsive nature already worked up to the
point of desperation. Here she hurrily put
on her shawl and bonnet, with a thick veil.
While adjusting the last named article before
a toilet-glass her eye fell on q small minia-
ture of Harry which lay on the table. With
q cry of anguish she snatched IL up, pressed
it passionately to her lips and bosom, and
murmured, in broken accents, "Oh, Harry,
my husband, little did / think, when, on our
wedding morn, you placed this around my
neck, that 30 soon your heart would wander
from me, for l know you loved me then! !"
The excess of tender feeling soon subsidized,
and her face resumed its expression OF fixed
and stern resolution.
The home of her treacherous husband Gould
be hers no longer. To fee ut once was now
her only wish; for how could she bear to meet
him fresh from his guilty rendezvousp
Mrs. Price, her former guardian, was on q
visit to Paris. so Bertha could not seek her
immediate protection; but she resolved to
write to her Tor counsel, and to take no further
steps until she received her answer. Mean
time, she would betake herself TO the home
of o poor woman whom she had formerly
assisted. and remain there until she could
shape her plans for the future.
II was not likely her husband could trace
her thither.
She now searched her purse, and found she
had but a few pounds in hand.
The rain was still pouring in torrents when
Bertha aliRhted from a cab at the Widow
Lees door, in Camden Town. The good
woman. on recognizing her visitor, seemed
transtExed with establishment. She quickly
recovered herself, however, and gave Bertha
a hearty welcome. Then, without waiting
for an explanation, she aided her in taking
OF her garments, and insisted on her forth
with drinking a cup Of hot tea all the while
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lady to seek her ont at such an hour, and in

lady to seek her ont at such an hour, and in
the midst of a storm.
After q hurried account of herself, which
did not much enlighten her kind hostess,
Bertha expressed a wish to lie down. rs her
head was aching violently, and n strange
numbness was creeping over her limbs,
The excitement Of the last few hours, to-
gether with ~unwonted fatigue and exposure,
had overcome her powers of physical resist
ance and that night she was unconscious in
the delirium of brain fever.
From her rawlings Mrs. Lee could gather
that her guest was laboring under a sense of
cruel wrong, whether actual, or fancied.
Moved by gratitude and pity, she determined
to undertake the care of the sufferer, whose
place of residence was unknown to her. in
order that she might remain the sole depos-
itory of Berty's unhappy secret.
Having formerly had much experience as n
professed nurse. Mrs. Lee had learned some
thing of medicine and, for q few days, she
herself procured and administered such
simple remedies as she considered the case to
demand.
On Harry Dale's return home that night he
missed, the smiling face and warm welcome
which had never failed TO greet him.
Feeling assured that Bertha was indis-
posed, he sought her room, and found it
empty -.
Old Nancy and the other servants could
tell him nothing of their mistress's where
abouts-in fact, they had not noticed her
absence. Seriously alarmed, Hal now in
stituted q careful search throughout the
house. Bertha might have hidden herself to
tease him. As he lifted the heavy curtains
Of the sitting room windows, to make sure
she was not concealed behind them, a
written paper fell from mon their folds.
He took II up II was the anonymous note he
had received yesterday, The mystery of his
wife's absence was instantly explained.
Poor, foolish child. She thought she had
detected his infdelity and had fed. He must
follow her immediately-but where or how
should be BERN to seek her out?
He qp~-F again, and more closely, the
mem household but one and all
We no less astonished and be-
wffuefed ttunN Nj
Half distracted, he rushed out to procure
the assistance Of the police.
One morning there was seen on the lower
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American Ar, scheols Inprevins.

lTntervisp pfth 81. Gaudsur's In Philadelphia Press.l
The great trouble in this country is the dilettante
attitude which students aud even those further adj
vanced assume towards their profession. This at
titude il q most fatal one and the cause of 1t Ia
easily discernible in the opportunity Of easily OBJ
tanned employment. The student 10 in this way
thrown intimately In with older heads, who look
At art In a manner ruinous to the younger minds.
II gives him an amateurish tendency towards art,
which, i observed before, ID fatal to his future.
lie should work steadily and assiduously from
within and must not look down upon art from
the outside. This Ia the same troubles which
is affecting all the other professions In this couu-
try. Success comes too soon. 4" Work and more
work and still more work, " II i may SO use the old
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How tho Bank of England IL Protected.

TTTVHF "" HIoHuHVt'I
The Bank Of England doors are now 30 finely
balanced that q clerk, By pressing Q knob under his
desk, can close the outer doors instantly, and they
can not be opened again except by special process.
This is done TO prevent the daring and ingenious
unemploye ed OF the metropolis from robbing the
bank. The bullion department of this and other
banks are nightly submerged several feet in water
the bullion department 10 connected with the
managers sleeping-room, and an entrance can not
be effected without shooting q bolt In the
dormItory, which In turn sets In motion an alarm.
II q visitor during the day should happen to knock
OF one from a pile Of half soyereigns the whole
pile would disappear, q pool Of water taking Its
nlace.
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French phrase. -Four years o, least and in many
cases nve, Ia not too much TO spend In this appar-
ent drudgery before there should be any expecta-
ton Of realizing any tmoluineni from work. The
schools IN America are now making such progress
In the facilities offered for hard work anu study
that y ultimately will no, be necessary 70 90
abroad for thls thorough ground work. This 10
PARTICULARLY the case In such places AZ New York,
Boston and Philadelphia
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Even the statue scorned Il.

from Harper's Bdsar.1
A Jerseyman and q New Yorker met the other
day, and tho old, Old quarrel over the old, OLD
question, why New Workers always sneer at the
smaller State, was renewed.
Tell me one fault the state has, ~ the Jersey
man demanded. "Tell me one thing against New
Jersey"
- On, I don't want TO go into details" said the
New Yorker. "New jersey don't amount 10 any
thing, for one thing. Why, my dear sir, even
Bartholdis Statue OF Liberty turns her back on
jersey
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The Brother who Wa. Abroad.

tFrops ne Nebraska State Josrrai.l
"You have Q brother In foreign lands, I be-
lieve 2"
Yes, he Ia in Japan now"
Travelling for his health 2"
Well, In a way"
How In q way y"
why, he was Judge In q baby show some time
ago, and II won't be safe for him to come back for
at least three years."
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BERTHA'S FLIGHT.

NE stormy afternoon
in autumn Bertha Dale
stood watching the
large rain = drops as
chased each other
down the window
panes. A shade of
discomfort was visible
on her fair, girlish
OF life's in
evitable a~nnoyances,
Bertha most disliked
n dull, rainy day,
when she was forced
to be alone ; and just
now, If the must
be told. she was at O
loss for OCCUPATION.
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SPORTS OF TRACK AND RING.
WILL SKATERS CHOOSE GREENWOOD LAKE
OR SILVER LAKRp

A Fine Display Expected at the Fencing Ex-
hibition OF the New York Athletic Club
The Twsnty-sccond's Tug-ef-war Team
Getting Ready to Fight Connecticut-How
Amateurs should Handle Gamo Chickens.
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She Calmed Down.

tFrom Harper's Basar,l
Bride Exchanging bridal costume for travelling
suiD-Did I appear nervous at all during the cere.
mony, Claraf
bridesmaid (enyious)-A little at first, dear, but
not after George had said yes.
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steps OF Waterloo Bridge, when the tide had
gone down, q female form-once fair, now
fast decaying, its face all disfgured and itself
bereft OF every scrap of personal adornment
and apparel, save the scantv remnant of q
blue silk dress. The dripping hair of tho
corpse was of the same golden hue as Bertha
Dale's its figure and stature were also such
as hers. Harry had not seen IL yet. After a
week OF frpitiess search and agonizing con-
lecture he had shut himself up IN his desolate
home: but the newspaper paragraph which
described the unknown soon met his eve, and
told him that ere many hours he might be
standing face to face with the dead reality Of
his loss.
"Who is this they are carrying from the
deadhouse ?" asked one lounging spectator of
another, who had just emerged from the
Strand Union Workhopse, where the body
now lay.
"A gentleman who has tainted on recog-
missing the body of his drowned wife" was
the reply.
In a darkened chamber lay Harry Dale!
For weary days, unconscious OF oil around
him, he tossed in furious delirinm.
The physician gave his sister but slight
hope of his recovery but a strong constitu-
ton triumphed at last, and he began slowly
Strange! " remarked DIR. Almann. on the
occasion of one of his visits I have just
taken leave of o patient whose case much re-
sembled yours. attended her at the urgent
request Of u poor, but very worthy woman,
with whom she resides, and who, in former
years, rendered me excellent service as @
nurse. The lady is but sweet seventeen, evil
IDENTIFY highly bred and very beautiful. As
in your case, severe mental excitement was
the direct cause of her sickness. The worthy
widow, though protesting to be IN old friend,
seemed to know but little of her recent his
tory. What she did know, however, or con-
lecture. she told me-and it must be sad, in
deed. The case was a bad ~one-almost as
bad rs yours but she is now. sitting up. and
when she has gained more strength ] shall
try and get her whole story from her. BY
the way, her name is Dale, too-singular,
isn't it2 Halloa my dear sir, what's all
this ?"
For Harry. at the mention of the name.
almost leaped from his pillow.
Question after question he poured upon
the astonished physieian, who had had no
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ARTISTS In PLUMAaE.
Light Work That is Done By Hosts Of Pretty
Girls With Nimble Fingers.

OW do We steam
feathers Why, by
holding them over the
steam" and the pretty
feather worker laugh
ed heartily at the ques-
ton asked by o WORLD
reporter. But the
feather trade
is not 80 simple after
oil Co. lt-, -,A ha
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Frightened Him Away.

tFrom the Washington Cr,Hc.l
He was q member of the Tariff Club and was o
favor,te with his Iandlady's daughter.
'tAre you in favor of protection ?" he said to the
young lady one evening after a club meeting.
"Yes, Harry, !" she responded so tenderly that
the young man handed In his resignation the very
next day.
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TOLD AT FIVE O'CLOCK TEA.
MRS. JEssUP AND MRS. CHASE 10 GIVE
RECEPTIONS THIS AFTERNOON.

Gen. and Mrs. Alexander Webb to Istroduco
Their Daughter, Miss Carrie Webb, To-
Morrcw-NIrs. samucl sloan to Give n
Dinner In Honor OF Miss Colt This Even
ins-various Social Events OF Note.
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will be
this afternoon
by Mrs. j. r. Jessup,
500 Fifth avenue,
which will be followed
with q dance, and by
Mrs. Lucian B. Chase.
of 481 Fifth n
which will last from 8
until 9 O'Clock. Mrs.
Chase will, as usual,
receive her guests
alone. She will wear
an ashes of roses bro
caded gown, trimmed
with pink velvet.
Among the guests ex-
pected are the follow
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She Got IL Wrong.

tFrom the Epoch.l
Tramp ito woman at the door)-I feel very much
distressed, madam.
Misunderstanding you have eaten9
~Tramp-No, something I've not eaten.